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Netflix Is Using AI to Upscale a 1980s Sitcom and the Results Are Borderline Horrific (futurism.com)

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago (3 children)

If it was shot on film, all you have to do is a new scan, some colour correction and you've got something good. I have a blu ray version of the original Star Trek and it looks fantastic (except for when you see the obvious makeup, of course). But I guess for that you have to hire actually skilled people who want *gasp* money. Better just feed it to some slop machine for pennies.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Assuming the original film still exists

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Could’ve just streamed the DVD version too if they didn’t want to go through that much effort.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But remastering costs money, mkay?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Even AI costs money.

A Different World is known by many as "black Friends" or "Friends before Friends", so maybe Netflix wanted a whiff of the hype that Warner Bros. got when they upscaled Friends to 4K